180 OENAMENTAL FOLIAGE PLANTS. 



ration of apartments, or the dinner table. Native of New 

 Holland, &c. 



G. dlternifolius variegatus. — This plant is a very beau- 

 tiful form of the species, having its stems and leaves either 

 wholly white or elegantly streaked with white, which 

 forms a fine contrast with the rich dark green. It should 

 be in every collection. It is said to have been introduced 

 from Madagascar. 



Daelingtonia. 



A genus belonging to the order Sarraceniacece, contain- 

 ing but a single species. It is said to inhabit marshy 

 swampy places, near the head waters of the Sacramento 

 Hiver in California. As a genus it is abundantly distinct 

 from Sarracenia. The scape is from three to four feet in 

 length, and the flower about two inches in diameter ; the 

 curious umbrella-shaped summit to the style, so conspicuous 

 in Sarracenia, is entirely wanting. The sepals are of a 

 pale yellow or straw colour ; the petals are oblong, light 

 purple, marked with reticulated veins. The soil best 

 adapted for this plant is a mixture of peat and sphagnum 

 moss in about equal parts, and the pot should be stood in 

 a pan of water. It succeeds admirably in company with 

 the other members of the same order. 



V, calif ornica. — This plant somewhat resembles Sarra- 

 cenia variolaris in general appearance. In a young state 

 it is prostrate, but eventually becomes erect, and attains 

 a height of from twelve to eighteen inches. The hollow 

 leaves or pitchers are slender at the base, gradually swel- 

 ling upwards, th* apex being produced and bent over like- 

 a hood, with the aperture underneath, and having a large 

 triangular appendage hanging loosely fi.'om it. The 

 ground colour is bright green, the upper portion and throat 



